WTF: Weekly Trivia File

• Richard Herring says his worst heckle came from a14-year-old boy, who told him: ‘The sleeves of your jacket are slightly frayed.’ The comic conceded: ‘Sharp eyes and a heckle which seemed to suggest my whole life was worthless. Genius.’

• Jim Davidson was taking a walk along Southampton’s Shamrock Quay yesterday, and as he looked over the water, his glasses fell off his nose and vanished into the water. ‘It’s really upset me,’ he said on his blog, as the rest of the world emitted a Nelson style ‘Ha-ha’…

• A pregnant woman is said to have laughed so much while watching Friday Night Dinner that she went into labour. Writer Robert Popper said he received a Tweet saying: ‘My wife and I sat down to watch Friday Night Dinner and laughed so much her waters broke right afterwards… Thanks for your help getting the whole thing started.’

• Meanwhile, Australian comic Lindsay Webb, pictured, caused one audience member to laugh so hard her glass eye popped out at the Melbourne comedy festival this week. Roberta Orlov, 63, sparked hilarity when she loudly exclaimed: ‘My bloody eye's gone!’ in the middle of the gig, when Webb starting bantering with her husband, who was with her in the crowd. The comic said he’d noticed her holding her face, and when he asked her what was wrong, she replied: ‘My eye might fall out.’ ‘I thought it was just a weird thing to say,’ Webb added. ‘Well, about 30 seconds later, the eye literally went flying. It was by far the funniest thing I have ever seen. Roberta was a gift from the comedy gods.’/li>

• Peter Kay charters a helicopter to get him to gigs too far from his Bolton home.

• Simon Pegg teamed up with Chris Martin for a pub gig in memory of the venue's late former landlord. Wednesday’s gig took place at the Boogaloo in Highgate, the pub which is said to have inspired The Winchester in Shaun of the Dead. Martin played a number of Coldplay hits in tribute to John Parkhouse, while Pegg joined him for the finale, playing harmonica on Green Eyes.

• Awful audience member of the week:
  

• In case you missed it, this charmingly tasteless comment by Joe Mott appeared in the Daily Star Sunday: 'Not being bad, but if Ricky Gervais was homosexual you'd be wondering if he was, you know, ill. His dramatic weight loss has left him looking like a dying man.' Cos, you know, all those queers have Aids…

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• In the early days of alternative comedy, stand-up Lee Cornes got so bored compering the Saturday late show at the Comedy Store that he told fellow comedians that he would open the second half with a straight repeat of routine he'd performed earlier. As reported on John Fleming’s blog today, Ronnie Golden, who was in the room, recalled: ‘The bemused crowd watched in total silence as he animatedly trawled thru familiar material while all the comics at the back shrieked with helpless laughter!’

• Comedians running the London marathon on Sunday include Ronni Ancona, Rob Deering, Ben, Jim and Elliott from Idiots Of Ants and Joe Pasquale – who will no doubt be stealing the other comedian’s best times…

• Arthur Marx, who died this week, fell out with his father after publishing the book Life With Groucho. Before publication, Arthur gave his father a set of proofs; which Groucho filled with corrections and handed it back to his son. Arthur recalled: ‘I said, “Thanks, I'll take care of this” and on the way out of the house, I dropped them in the trashcan.’ He said his father initially didn’t spot the difference and ended up promoting the book on TV.

• Tweets of the week:
  @jacques_aih:I told my snotty friend I had reversed-engineered DNA. He just said ‘AND...?’
  @DavidGArnold: Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen Secrets: He pissed in the fridge once
  @stephencgrant: Me: "I'm into anal." Wife: "Animal!". And with that, the crossword was complete.

SOURCES: The Sun, JimDavidson.org.uk, The Mirror, Melbourne Herald Sun, The Sun , Contact Music, YouTube, Daily Star Sunday, thejohnfleming.wordpress.com, Various, Los Angeles Times, Twitter

Published: 15 Apr 2011